I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists

On this week's mini episode, I'm addressing a common challenge many artists face - the discouragement around the low financial returns compared to the investment required to create art. I'm giving you my perspective on how you can redefine your idea of financial success and some strategies for building sustainable income streams as part of your creative practice.    I Like Your Work Links: Thank y...

Eric Fallen grew up in Hamilton Ontario and moved to NYC in 1998 to study playwriting at Brooklyn College. After completing his MFA, he taught for several years at SUNY, CUNY and Pratt. In 2013, he opened Peninsula on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Launched as a project space for young conceptual artists, Peninsula has evolved into a more traditional gallery with a roster comprised of bot...

On this week's mini episode, I'm giving you a glimpse into how I've been able to have multiple studios and giving you some tips on how you can do it too if you're an artist looking to have more studio space.    I Like Your Work Links: https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/community   Winter Exhibition Deadline: November 15- Apply https://www.chq.org/ Watch our Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube....

Alex Callender has had solo exhibitions and projects at the Center for the Arts Northeastern University, UMass Contemporary Museum of Art, NYU Gallatin Galleries, Rubber Factory (NY), and Michigan State University's LookOut Gallery. She has held artist residencies with MacDowell Colony, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Drawing Center's Open...

In this week's mini episode, I'm chatting about what you really need as an artist to grow in your work and why it's so important to surround yourself with like minded people.  I'm also giving you a recap of my summer working as the Artistic Director at Chautauqua Visual Arts.   I Like Your Work Links: https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/community   Winter Exhibition Deadline: November 15- Apply h...

Matt Bollinger received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been exhibited in solo shows in New York, Los Angeles, Dublin, London, and elsewhere. Recent museum exhibitions have been at the Akron Art Museum (2022), Westmoreland Museum of American Art (2022), South Bend Museum of Art (2020), the Schneider Museum (2018) and Musée...

Kim Garcia is an artist working in sculpture, drawing, and painting. Through her 2nd-generation Filipino American lens, her practice explores social dynamics and residual trauma from interpersonal relationships, community structures, and memory. Kim comes from a background in creating collaborative community projects that often employ alternative spaces to explore studio art practices, site-specif...

In this last mini episode of season 6, I talk about some of the opportunities we have for artists at I Like Your Work and I chat about how I'm thankful for the listeners of the podcast!   Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast: Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has launched Business Deduction Deep Dive:  For artists and self-employed creatives. an...

Laura Sallade is an artist living and working in Philadelphia. Sallade earned a Certificate in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 and is completing a coordinated Bachelors of Fine Arts at The University of Pennsylvania. During her time at UPenn, the artist has also worked toward a Certificate in Positive Psychology and an Advanced Certificate in Creative Writing. While co...

This week, I'm chatting about fear and how you can move through imposter syndrome as an artist to grow in your career.    Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast: Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has launched Business Deduction Deep Dive:  For artists and self-employed creatives. and is everything you need to know about self-employed tax deduction...

John Paul Kesling (b. 1980, USA) was born and raised in Northeastern Kentucky in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. He received his BFA in Arts from Morehead State University (Morehead, KY, 2003) and spent a summer in Europe studying art history (Summer 2002). He went on to receive his MFA in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA, 2010). He spent the next six...

Today, I'm sharing some new and different ways you can collaborate with other artists including how you can collaborate outside of directly working on art pieces together. Join me in this episode to hear some alternative ways you can work with other artists.    Apply for Summer Open Call: Deadline May 15   Chautauqua Visual Arts: https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/two-week-artist-residen...

Marc Mitchell holds a M.F.A from Boston University. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University; University of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Florida Atlantic University Galleries, Boca Raton; TOPS Gallery, Memphis, TN; GRIN Gallery, Providence, RI; Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA; and others. Mitchell has been featured i...

Today, I'm talking about the importance of having mentors to provide guidance and encouragement throughout your artistic journey and why cultivating relationships is so important as an artist. I'm also giving some suggestions on how artists can find mentors.  Check out our sponsor for this episode: Sunlight Tax Join Money Bootcamp now by clicking this link:   https://www.sunlighttax. com/moneyboot...

Rebecca Rutstein is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges art, science and technology. For over twenty years she has created painting, sculpture, interactive installation and public art inspired by the natural world. Her work sheds light on places and processes hidden from view to foster deeper connection in the face of our climate crisis. As an artist-in-residence, Rutstein's collabor...

Have you ever contemplated using Chat GPT for your artist statement? This week, I'm sharing my view on using AI as an artist and what I think the best way of using it is.   Link to article mentioned: https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-viral-ai-writer-chatgpt/   I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: Sunlight Tax Join Money Bootcamp now by clicking this link:   https:/...

JAC LAHAV (he/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, parent, arts writer, children's book author, and community organizer. Born in Jerusalem Israel with Iranian and Polish roots Lahav was raised in the United States and lives in Connecticut. Lahav's work investigates community, belonging, and cultural history through expansive series of paintings and installations. With solo shows at Richm...

This week, I'm sharing some fun artist freebies and artist date ideas for you so you can show yourself some self-love this Valentines Day.  Join me in this episode as I offer you some ideas on how you can recharge and inspire your creativity.    I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Tax is hosting a free class on Valentines Day:  Make Taxes Easier, and Stash...

Jennifer Combe is a mother, artist, and associate professor of art at The University of Montana. Before shifting to higher education, she taught K12 in Washington State public schools for fifteen years. Her artwork investigates gender, contemporary mothering, and children's development. Her visual work has been exhibited at The Missoula Art Museum, Holter Museum of Art, Paris Gibson Square Museum...

This week, I'm chatting about consistency when it comes to your studio practice as an artist and how you can balance your studio practice with your other life responsibilities. Join me as I explain how I was able to define consistency on my own terms and how it's helped me grow as an artist.    I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast at  https://www.sun...

Suzanne Schireson is an artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the recipient of a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship and two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Providence Phoenix and The Boston Globe. Recent solo exhibits include "Inside Room", Tiger Strikes Asteroid GVL (NC), "Aftercare", Eleanor D. Wilson Museum (VA...

This week on the podcast, I'm chatting with you about the importance of community when your an artist and why you need to make sure you have a support system.  Join me as I give you some ideas of where you can find your own community of artists.     I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast at  https://www.sunlighttax.com/podcast Chautauqua Visual Arts: h...

James Everett Stanley is a New England-based painter whose work has been exhibited most recently at Sean Horton Presents, New York (2023); Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York (2023); Provincetown Arts Society, Provincetown (2023); EXPO Chicago (2022); Art Basel Miami Beach (2021); Gaa Gallery, Provincetown (2020); and his work is included in the permanent collection of The Studio Museum in Harlem. A...

Happy 2024! In this episode, I discuss a recent book I read, Wellness, by Nathan Hill. In the book we follow an artist from his days studying art at SAIC in the nineties to 2012. I was intrigued and appalled by the technology shift and how it has impacted artists. I deal with it daily. In this episode, I discuss those shifts but also what has stayed the same and how we can use that as we move forw...

On this week's mini episode I'm talking about the free goal setting workshop I'm holding and why it's so important to set goals as a creative and artist.  I hope you'll join me during my goal workshop as we reflect and figure out what's really important to each of us individual artists this upcoming 2024 year! I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast at ...